RECYCLING ADVANCED ENGLISH
UNIT 6
Past tenses (2)
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B Correct the sentences if necessary.
Tick any which are already correct.
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1
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My aunt worked in London
before she had moved to Norwich.
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2
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The lawyer had a nervous
breakdown because he had been working for years without a break.
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3
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We were packing the cases
while the removal men were loading the furniture into the van.
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4
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The judge had brought the
trial to an end yesterday.
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5
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The writer spent most of his
childhood in abject poverty.
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6
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Pierre was owning a sailing
boat for several years.
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7
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The company thought of giving
their assistant manager the sack, but he resigned.
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8
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He was delighted with his
purchase. He had been saving up to buy the motorbike for months.
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9
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The Norwegians planted their
flag at the summit just before the British team were arriving.
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10
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A police car was almost
knocking me over as I had crossed the road.
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11
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When did you leave school and
go to college?
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12
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‘Who are they?’ ‘Oh, a group
of students who had arrived in Oxford a week ago.’
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13
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The First World War ended in
1918.
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14
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Until he explained a second
time, I didn’t understand what he meant
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15
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The mountain was seeming very
high as the weary group started to plod uphill.
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